Colonel Draper's Answer to the Spanish Arguments, claiming the galeon, and refusing payment of the ransom bills, for preserving Manila from pillage and destruction: in a letter addressd to the Earl of Halifax, ...Principal Secretary of State for the southern department

Small octavo

1764·London

by ANGLO-SPANISH WAR. - Sir William DRAPER (1721-1787)

London: printed for J. Dodsley, 1764. Small octavo. (7 5/8 x 4 7/8 inches). (Lacking front ?blank, blindstamp to title, library number stamp at the foot of the verso of the title). 20th-century brown half calf over marbled paper-covered boards (joints worn, remnants of old library label on upper cover) The taking of Manila and its aftermarth. "During the Anglo-Spanish War, in 1762, an English force under the command of Sir William Draper invaded the Philippines and took the city of Manila, instead of destroying the city and with it the Spanish government's property, the British ransomed it for four million dollars, half of which was paid immediately. With the balance remaining, the war ended with the treaty of Paris in 1763 and the Spanish refused to honor their ransom obligations. Draper wrote this memorial to urge the government to insist on payment. Many of the officers had banked on bonuses resulting from this sum, Draper's share of which amounted to 25,000 pounds." (Hill). Goldsmiths 10053; Higgs 3149; Hill (2004) 495; Hollander 1960; Kress 6170; OCLC 6079295; Robertson 128; Sabin 47517.
(Inventory #: 23875)

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